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Abstract
Amidst rapid urbanization and stream impairment across the world this thesis analyzes how a landscape-based approach to stormwater management can expand the scope of nonpoint source pollution prevention to incorporate ecosystem rehabilitation. A mixed-methods approach (research-through-design) informs the process of working between the problem and solution through analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. This process is applied to Trail Creek in Athens, Georgia, as a case study to address the stream rehabilitation. Stream rehabilitation is a watershed-scale project, often limited to support from local governments and volunteer organizations. In this thesis, the Clean Water Act Section 319(h) Implementation Grant is presented as a vehicle for watershed rehabilitation. This community-based project sought to identify sites in the Trail Creek watershed for the implementation of stormwater control measures and green infrastructure as demonstration projects that address issues associated with stormwater runoff and nonpoint source pollution.